Scobie Malone (1975) Jack Thompson stars as Detective Sergeant Scobie Malone, who is investigating the death of high-class prostitute Helga Brand in a….Saturday Night Fever (1977) The movie which single-handedly made disco the dominant force on the planet for a brief period of the 70s and….Preston, Esquire, first came on the scene in 1989's Bill &… Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) Fun-loving, guitar-playing, history-flunking airheads Theodore "Ted" Logan and Bill S.Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) Clint Eastwood took over the direction of The Outlaw Josey Wales from its co-scenarist Philip Kaufman when the two men fell out….Hammersmith Is Out (1972) This contemporary view of the Faust legend was directed by Peter Ustinov, who also appears as a psychiatrist with a….Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) In the Los Angeles ghetto of Anderson, six young members of a gang called Street Thunder are shot dead by….Eliza Fraser (1976) The full title of the movie is actually A Faithful Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Miraculous Escape of Eliza Fraser,….The 90’s even brought a stage revival of Bugsy Malone, complete with a new soundtrack album. The film didn’t do as well as hoped in its initial release, but time, video and TV syndication have brought Bugsy Malone back into the limelight for some well-deserved recognition. Sarsparilla is the beverage of choice at Fat Sam’s place and the cars – elaborate mock-ups of roadsters – are propelled by pedal power.įilled with rollicking tunes and loving jabs at old gangster films, Bugsy Malone featured early work from Baio (later Happy Days‘ Chachi) and Foster (future star of The Accused and Silence of the Lambs among many others) as Bugsy and Tallulah. Tarty moll Tallulah (Jodie Foster) also works her way into the action, which frequently breaks into either a song or a huge pie fight as the gang war escalates. In response, Fat Sam dispatches his up-and-coming tough, Bugsy Malone (Scott Baio), to steal the device. But Dandy Dan has a new weapon, a pie-shooting Tommy gun that threatens to tip the balance of power.
Obviously, at least one studio bigwig liked the idea because, in 1976, Bugsy Malone hit the silver screen.Īt the height of Prohibition, gangster factions led by Fat Sam (John Cassisi) and Dandy Dan (Martin Lev) are engaged in a good-old-fashioned mob war, throwing whipped cream pies in the other guys’ faces at the slightest provocation. We’ll get that little girl from Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and a bunch of twelve-year-olds with gangland accents. Close your eyes and imagine the pitch meeting: “Okay, so, it’s a gangster movie, and, and.
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